Hurricanes Celia And Darby Strengthen

Hurricane Celia strengthened to a Category 5 storm in open waters in the Pacific on Thursday, but it did not pose a threat to land, forecasters said.

The National Hurricane Center said Celia showed maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph) and was about 785 miles (1,260 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California at 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. ET).

The storm, which was moving northwest farther out to sea, will likely weaken during the next two days, the center said.